Born at Portsea, near Portsmouth, c.1831.
Enlisted at London on the 4th of October 1852.
Age: 21.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Baker.
Features: Fresh complexion. Hazel eyes. Brown hair.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain on the 8th of October 1857.
The musters for July-September 1858 show him as being "On Detachment at Sholapoore" during the whole of the period.
In action against the rebels at Zeerapore on the 28th of December 1858 and at Baroda on the 1st of January 1859.
Embarked for England from India on the 20th of March 1861 and at the Maidstone Depot from the 14th of September.
Discharged from the Invalid Depot at Chatham on the 26th of December 1861:
"Of an unsound mind, (Melancholia) after being exposed to the sun on field service in India. First displayed symptoms of ocital alienation at Gwalior in India in 1860. he has made four attempts at suicide by cutting his throat, of which he now bears the scars.
Arrived home as an invalid six months ago. He has been under observation since owing to his eccentric conduct when at his duty. Does not appear to have a fixed delusion but is gloomy and depressed and broods over the attempts he made on his life. Appears to have a fixed pain in his head, with a feeling of confusion."
Served 9 years 22 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 2 yearsIn India: 3 years 3 months.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of one Good Conduct badge.
Fourteen times entered in the Regimental Defaulter's book. Never tried by Court-martial.
Aged 30 years 2 months on discharge.
Next of kin: a sister, Priscilla, living at Selsey, Sussex.
Discharged to live in Chichester, Sussex.
Documents confirm the award of the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, and the Turkish Medal.
Mutiny medal without clasp.
There is no mention of his Mutiny medal, as these medals were not sent to the Depot until mid-1862.
Convicted in July of 1884 by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction of "stealing a hen and her chickens" (felony) and sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment. Name to be struck off the Pension list for this period. (This pension had been "conditional" for one year from the 9th of February 1864, and was made "permanent" from the 27th of October 1864.)